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Christians decide (though not until AD 525) that this is the year of Christ's birth, making it AD 1 in the Christian chronology
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Jesus was born arround 4 - 5 ad
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Tiberius succeeds his stepfather Augustus Caesar as the Roman emperor
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Jesus begins his ministry in Galilee, gathering disciples, preaching and healing
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Jesus is brought before Pontius Pilate who reluctantly sentences him to death for blasphemy
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Jesus Christ is crucified, according to the accounts of his followers, outside the city wall of Jerusalem
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St Paul, taking ship to Cyprus, begins the first of his great missionary journeys
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working week of seven days is adopted in Rome, based on the seven known planets (whose names provide the days)
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The 16-year-old Nero is proclaimed emperor by the praetorian guards after the death of Claudius, supposedly poisoned by toadstools
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St Paul arrives in Rome a prisoner, but then spends two years freely preaching Christianity
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The Jewish religious and governing system was divided between two parties: the Pharisees – the ‘people’s party’, taught the law and traditions of Israel’s patriarchs, and were strictly conforming to Jewish law; and the Sadducees – the wealthy and conservative leaders who rejected the traditions in favor of political and religious cooperation with the Romans.
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